Issue - meetings

Recommendations:

That the Executive accept the report and:

i.       Agree the Terms of Reference as detailed in section 5 of the report.

ii.      Agree the proposals for the proposed initial governance model to be that of an informal partnership as detailed in section 7.5 of the report.

iii.     Consider re-badging this programme as Community Partnerships or Local Action Partnerships.

iv.     Approve Option 2 – Phased Implementation - as detailed in section 9.4 of the report.

v.      Agree the 5 pilots as proposed in section 10.2 of the report.

vi.     Agree that the decision to initiate community partnerships in new areas is taken by the Executive Member for Corporate Services in conjunction with the Assistant Chief Executive for Local Engagement

Considered – a report of the Assistant Chief Executive Local Engagement providing an overview of the work undertaken to date in support of the ambition to develop local partnership working through the establishment of local community networks or partnerships and seeking approval for some draft terms of reference and a phased implementation approach with a limited number of pilots.

Councillor David Chance introduced the report and provided an overview of the preparatory work undertaken over the last 12 months, led by the LGR Localities Workstream.  He noted that whilst there was broad support for the initiative, a number of challenges had been identified, which had led to a proposal to undertake a phased implementation approach through five Community partnership pilots initially, operated as a rolling programme. 

Executive Members noted the proposed implementation plan for the first five local multi-agency partnerships, and Marie-Ann Jackson, Head of the Stronger Communities Programme confirmed each partnership would be slightly different based on the individual requirements of the areas they covered, which would enable the testing of the various models.  The proposed approach would also be helpful in regard to making the most of the limited staff resources available in the short term.

Councillor Derek Bastiman expressed disappointment that the coast was not covered by one of the pilots, and Executive Members agreed that local member commitment would be a key factor in the success of the pilots and that the ideal route for feeding back on the pilots, and making local Members aware of the opportunity, would be through the Area Constituency Committees.

Having noted the risks, the report was accepted, and it was

Resolved – That:

i.       The Terms of Reference as detailed in section 5 of the report be agreed.

ii.      The proposals for the proposed initial governance model to be that of an informal partnership as detailed in section 7.5 of the report, be agreed.

iii.     The programme be re-badged as Community Partnerships

iv.     Option 2 – Phased Implementation – be approved, as detailed in section 9.4 of the report.

v.      The 5 pilots be agreed as proposed in section 10.2 of the report.

vi.     The decision to initiate community partnerships in new areas be taken by the Executive Member for Corporate Services in conjunction with the Assistant Chief Executive for Local Engagement.